scandal
Example Sentences
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South Korean authorities have arrested a YouTuber who allegedly made defamatory claims about actor Kim Soo-hyun, fuelling a scandal that halted the A-lister's career.
From BBC • May 27, 2026
Dahlia Lithwick: If you put “American politics as usual” in some imaginary halcyon past at 1 and Watergate at 10, where’s this slush fund scandal registering for you?
From Slate • May 26, 2026
Richard Nixon left the White House via the South Lawn after announcing his resignation in 1974 in the culmination of the Watergate scandal, boarding a military helicopter and giving his trademark double victory sign.
From Barron's • May 26, 2026
Mr. Sullivan recounts the 1919 Black Sox scandal, in which members of the Chicago White Sox threw the World Series.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
The only thing I could read, besides the scandal sheets, were those abnormal psychology books.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
Vocabulary lists containing scandal
"Laws are not the only way to boost immunization”: an editorial from Nature
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